Pelosi: Just “fix the technology, and let’s not get too bogged down in what happens if they’re not able to fix it”

posted at 8:01 pm on October 23, 2013 by Erika Johnsen

It’s so simple. How is it that nobody has thought of this before? The White House has been beating its brains out pressing every helper possible into service, and all along, the solution was staring them in the face: “Just fix it.”

That’s the boiled-down message coming from House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Wednesday, as Democrats are scrambling to put out the wildfire of criticism and attention aimed at the botched rollout of ObamaCare’s federal insurance website.

In a press briefing where reporters asked about no other topic, Pelosi acknowledged that the problems dogging users trying to enroll in insurance plans on the HealthCare.govwebsite are “beyond glitches.” But the trouble, she quickly added, “does not take away from the fact that we’re on a path” toward installing the many benefits under the law.

“Just fix it, so we can go forward,” she added. “Fix the technology, and let’s not get too bogged down in what happens if they’re not able to fix it.” …

“I have faith in technology and, while there are glitches, there are solutions as well. So I’m optimistic that we’ll be able to go forward on schedule,” she said.

Allahpundit already made a note of Pelosi’s “nay” on extending the enrollment period (though who knows if even her opposition will be enough to keep all of her House Democrats in line), but I thought this was a little too entertaining/facepalm-worthy as a lame liberal talking point to let pass. “Let’s not get too bogged down in what happens if they don’t fix it”? Uhm, you mean… disaster? Wherein the only people actually going through the trouble of signing up for ObamaCare are the ones whose high costs will topple the system? That sort of sounds like exactly what the administration should be worrying about, no? And on top of that, she blithely assuming that taking the time to try and fix the system is a even a wise recommendation, while tech experts are piling on with the evidence that it isn’t.

Maybe. A lot of those who are getting cancellations are being offered replacement policies that are considerably more costly. Wondering what it will cost to add another couple of million to the rolls might cross their minds.

What nobody seems to understand is that:
THIS CANNOT BE UN-DONE.
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Key West Reader on October 23, 2013 at 8:24 PM

Well, not so much under the terms of that constitution-thingie.

But, think our elites, isn’t this just the perfect time to bend a little? After all, that old thing is more of a set of what you might call guidelines, rather than rules. Written too many years ago. By white guys. Men.

And hell, we’re really in a bind here, what with so many previously-insured voters in our districts now having no coverage at all. Kind of a national emergency, so to speak. So how about we just say “no harm, no foul” and make it go away, and put everything back where it was…

GOP: “Sounds good to us…”
Dems: “And by the way, it was all your fault.”
GOP: “Sounds good to us…”

I wish with all my heart that Pelosi, Reid, Obama, Holder, Jarrett, and many in the Dem party had never been born. I hate abortion but in the case of this bunch I’d make an exception. If I could I’d slap every one of their parents for foisting such abominations on the American public.

“Just fix it so we can get on with destroying the rest of the industry and forcing the NHC on everyone!”

Nanci, you’re a vile, pathetic, example of humanity. A villain of the highest tier. You and your kind will live on in memory as a warning to the future against the freedom to vote untempered by the responsibility to think.

Heh, any law can be repealed. Prohibition is an example brought up several times. Nevertheless, even if the legislative effort is not there this program could potentially collapse on its own with not much effort. Compared to social security, medicare, medicaid which evolve to insolvency, this program could come out of the starting gait insolvent. It’s funny to me. The left is the vanguard of environmentalism. They worry how we can survive long term in a world of diminishing natural resources. And yet they will support a program like Obamacare so dependent on our country’s economic prosperity to fund it and at the same time advocate a public policy that saps the economic resources of the middle class necessary to fund this program. This on top of the inherent flaws in Obamacare itself that accomplish the same outcome. The Fed at some point will not be able to keep up. When all this finally fails, and I believe it will, those who needed it the most will still have nothing. The problem is that there will be more in this category. Many more. Maybe all this was intentional but I also believe that part of it is they themselves are finally losing control of managing this disaster.

We had a project where someone higher up in the chain thought a certain code project was as simple as “flipping a switch.” Well, 20 developers and 6 months later we were done coding it. And then QA took 3 months to test it and that was about 60 people. And we didn’t have 500 million lines of code to go through.

Yeah, Nancy, flip that switch and it’ll all be fixed.

She normally sounds ridiculous but it’s even more poignant when she’s talking about something you’re deeply familiar with.

She doesn’t have the ability to even fathom what it would take to ‘fix it’ and it makes her look like a fool when she asks for it.

The rub on Low Premium Subsidized plans is the deductible is very high and that is not subsidized. The very people who can not afford the high deductible are the ones who get it.

Choice in health care means choice in coverage too. Many have no need for maternity care, or HIV care, or a psychologist. They might want a chiropractor though and I don’t think they are included. Not good enough lobbyists in that area I guess.

“Just fix it, so we can go forward,” she added. “Fix the technology, and let’s not get too bogged down in what happens if they’re not able to fix it.” …

Does this remind anyone of “Plug the [email protected] hole!” in the Gulf of Mexico? Never mind the little detail that the hole to be plugged was under water a mile thick. President Kick@$$ had everything under control.

After the developers of Healthcare.gov had 3-1/2 years to get it wrong, methinks it will take longer to fix it than BP took to “plug the [email protected] hole”.

Oh, by the way, San Fran Nan, how is anyone supposed to “go forward” if the website can’t be fixed? Can people be fined or taxed for not buying something they can’t buy?

It would be like putting Pelosi on one side of the Golden Gate before the bridge was built, and asking her to go forward.

“Just fix it, so we can go forward,” she added. “Fix the technology, and let’s not get too bogged down in what happens if they’re not able to fix it.”

Rep. Pelosi words are the anthem of liberals in government today. “Close enough for government work”.

Really, Rep. Pelosi you have to have higher standards of self respect in carrying out your responsibilities. “Close enough, is for those employees (yes you are still and employee – U.S. are your boss) that are drunken spenders who want the 3 Martini lunch deductible.